title: CcpB, a novel transcription factor implicated in catabolite repression in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: Recent work has shown that in Bacillus subtilis catabolite repression of several operons is mediated by a mechanism dependent on DNA-binding protein CcpA complexed to a seryl-phosphorylated derivative of HPr [HPr(Ser-P)], the small phosphocarrier protein of the phosphoenolpyruvate-sugar phosphotransferase system. In this study, it was found that a transposon insertional mutation resulted in the partial loss of gluconate (gnt) and xylose (xyl) operon catabolite repression by glucose, mannitol, and sucrose. The transposon insertion was localized to a gene, designated ccpB, encoding a protein 30% identical to CcpA, and relief from catabolite repression was shown to be due to the absence of CcpB rather than to the absence of a protein encoded by a downstream gene within the same operon. The relative intensities of CcpA- and CcpB-mediated catabolite repression depended on growth conditions. On solid media, and when cells were grown in liquid media with little agitation, CcpB and CcpA both proved to function in catabolite repression. However, when cells were grown in liquid media with much agitation, CcpA alone mediated catabolite repression. Like CcpA, CcpB appears to exert its catabolite-repressing effect by a mechanism dependent on the presence of HPr(Ser-P).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0116, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chauvaux
authors.forename: I T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Saier
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D005942:Gluconates / Q000378:metabolism; D007763:Lac Operon; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009876:Operon; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014994:Xylose / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005942:Gluconates; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C069286:catabolite control proteins, bacteria; D014994:Xylose; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; C030182:phosphocarrier protein HPr; C030691:gluconic acid